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According to CCTV News on the 21st, local time on July 20th,The European Union issued a statement saying that the International Court of Justice's recent advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel's policies and practices in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, is basically consistent with the EU's position.

At the request of the United Nations General Assembly, the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion on the 19th stating thatIsrael's occupation of the Palestinian territories is a violation of international law and its illegal occupation must therefore be ended as soon as possible.In addition, Israel's establishment of settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories is also a violation of international law. All related activities must be stopped immediately and all settlers must be evacuated.Israel should also pay compensation for damages suffered by “all natural or legal persons” in the occupied Palestinian territory.

The EU statement believes that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory violates international law and needs to end as soon as possible. Israel is obliged to immediately stop all new settlement activities and evacuate all settlers from the occupied Palestinian territory. The EU statement said that all countries have an obligation not to recognize the legality of this situation and should not provide aid or assistance to maintain this illegal presence.

According to a report by Xinhua News Agency on July 20, the Palestinian Presidential Palace issued a statement on the 19th welcoming the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice.The International Court of Justice said that the ruling has given the Palestinian people "renewed hope of getting rid of colonialism." Hamas also welcomed it and called on relevant parties to take practical measures to end Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory.

South Africa, which filed a lawsuit against Israel in the International Court of Justice for genocide in the Gaza Strip late last year, called on the international community to immediately stop Israel's illegal occupation of Palestinian territory and its "serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law" against the Palestinian people.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke out on the same day.He said the ICJ's "decision based on lies" would not change historical facts, and that the "legality of Israeli settlements on their own land" could not be questioned. "Jews are on their own land, not occupiers."

As the main judicial organ of the United Nations, the International Court of Justice can issue advisory opinions on legal issues raised by UN agencies, but they are not legally binding. However, analysts believe that this advisory opinion can influence international public opinion and will prompt more countries to recognize the State of Palestine.

Erwin van Feyn, a senior researcher at the Klingendaal Institute for International Relations in the Netherlands, said that the ICJ's advisory opinion will further isolate Israel in the international community and may lead more countries, especially Western countries, to recognize the State of Palestine.

This is the second time in 20 years that the International Court of Justice has provided an advisory opinion on the Palestinian occupied territories at the request of the General Assembly. In 2004, the International Court of Justice ruled that Israel's construction of a separation wall in the occupied Palestinian territories of the West Bank was in violation of international law and should be demolished, but the separation wall still exists today.

According to CCTV News, on the 20th local time, the Qassam Brigades, an armed faction under the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), said that the organization used explosive devices and rockets to attack Israeli tanks and soldiers in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, causing casualties among Israeli troops.

The Quds Brigade, an armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (Jihad), said its militants used mortars to attack southern Israel.

The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed faction under the Palestinian Liberation Movement (Fatah), said on the same day that its militants used rockets and mortars to attack an Israeli military command post near the "Netzarim Corridor" in the Gaza Strip.

Daily Economic News integrates CCTV news and Xinhua News Agency

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